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~ - ~. John A. Silts ~~_ III III III IIIIIIIIII Mystic Star Route Steamboat Springs, CO 80977 yyg 19 October 1981 Mined Land Reclamation 423 Centenial Blvd. ' , 1313 Sherman street - O C T 2 3 981 Dirty Denver, CO 80203 Regarding your 14 August 1981 letter end the so called "dama MINED LAfVD REC"Qb'iP,)~U~I gQC~U. D0Q1. UI n~a tiirc~ Oa~~._~~e r, Paragraph 2 of your letter is a complete reversal of 3 or 4 instances of past refusal to take action outside the permit area, even where human Iives were threatened. Evidence and witnesses are available. I charge you to produce evidence that anything I did is any threat! The 60 year old coal mine posed no problem until Sun Coal and you built a pond above a known underground coal mine. Sun Ccal and your offir_e knew of this before Sun Coal started operation. The area where SCS had approved the pond (to be sealed with Bent~nite) is at least 1600' south and slopes away from the old underground mine. In May 1980 your RydroIogist directed Sun Coal to install a culvert o* otherwise keep haul road water off the slide area. Their are many witnesses:., Paragraph 3 Sun Coal installed water bars at your direction below culvert 112 and caused the damage you describe. My 5 minutes work at the tree above the culvert only served to direct the water off the slide area. Your Para- graph 3 is completely wrong! Mr. Mattews saw the area and said nothing to Me about any required work. Mr. Bloomquist was present and is ready also to testify about the fuel screen which I found at the site. Mr. Mattews report does not mention anything about the hazardous steel stakes, as I requested. Two years and you still have not removed this very serious hazard. Paragraph 9 The contract written before the current law was passed calls for terracing the disturbed land. Please be specific and quote the law that prohibits this? It costs less when done properly to terrace the land than it does to "Kinda put it back the way it was". Your experiments at Seneca Mine have caused nothing but problems and cost the consumer extra. Also witness that your approved plan of this area has now killed one of My calves. The renter at the Stone lrouse moved out partilly dt~e to this additional hazard which you created. See enclosed statement. Sun Coal recently closed two open mine shafts. They were open 2 years. Where were your inspecters? Because of evidence which I have, you will be required to reopen the area and ascertain if any cows are buried there. Because of the aformentioned problem and the fact that you and Sun Coal have done nothing to date, we request that your 14 August letter be @*&@!!S~C@!!! We have requested a complete and unbiased investigation of Sun Coal and your operation. We expect a reply by regular mail within 5 days. Respectfully, tY~ I~^~ n { r ( j/f .